GigOptix Releases 40G DQPSK Bundled Solution at ECOC Geneva
GigOptix Showcases Its 40G DQPSK Driver-Modulator Bundled Solution
GigOptix, Inc. (OTCQB: GGOX), a leading supplier of semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming, today released its 40G DQPSK Bundled Solution at the 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Geneva, Switzerland.
GigOptix has a history of proven success with its high-performance drivers and receivers and now with the productization of its Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS) modulators this is the first time in the industry that a Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA), a modulator and a driver can be supplied by a single vendor, while offering a complete inter-operability for its reference design and for production delivery.
This 40G solution includes:
1 – GX62255, a Dual-Channel 32G Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) Driver
1 – LX8220, the revolutionary DQPSK TFPS MZM
2 – GX3220, a linear TIA
“We are delighted to offer a truly unique solution to the market,” stated Dr. Raluca Dinu, Vice President and General Manager of Optics at GigOptix. “Today’s supply chain requires customers to buy a modulator from one vendor, a driver from a second and a TIA potentially from a third vendor. Ensuring that all these components are correctly matched is critical for the optimal performance of the system and can pose a great challenge when designing. Our strategic plan all along was to design and supply all the key components to the transceiver industry. Our bundled offering of TIA, driver and modulator, the first of its kind in the industry, is optimized to achieve the best performance, optimized power efficiency, and smallest footprint, while reducing customers’ R&D costs and development cycles. Our TFPS modulator product line offers a unique approach to enable higher levels of integration in various packaged solutions and we are committed to continue working with our valuable customers to extend our bundled product family.”
For more information, please visit GigOptix at booth 1056 at ECOC2011 or contact your local sales manager via sales@gigoptix.com
About Bundled Solutions
The Bundled Solutions represent what GigOptix believes is an industry first for a company providing a complete solution set comprised of a Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA), Thin Film Polymer on Silicon (TFPS™) Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) with a matched driver for an optical application. The Bundled Solution reduces customer engineering expenditure, accelerates time-to-market for new products and enables customers to leverage GigOptix’s industry leading low power solutions with enhanced cost efficiencies. GigOptix Bundles will address 40G DPSK, 40G RZ-DQPSK as well as Coherent 40G and 100G DP-QPSK applications.
About GigOptix, Inc.
GigOptix is a leading supplier of semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming and address emerging high-growth opportunities in the communications, industrial, defense and avionics industries. The Company offers a broad portfolio of high performance MMIC solutions that enable next generation wireless microwave systems up to 90GHz and drivers, TIAs and TFPSTM optical modulators for 40G and 100G fiber-optic telecommunications and data-communications networks. GigOptix also offers a wide range of digital and mixed-signal ASIC solutions and enables product lifetime extension through its GigOptix Sunset Rescue Program.
